Window mode?

[Assax]

Hey there,
I've already googled the issue and people state that with -w or -window in the launch options it's possible to run the game in windowed mode, however, if I do that, it still runs in fullscreen.

Does anybody know a way around this?

[JoostJS]

to my knowledge its not possible.
Depending on why u want to use windowed mode i myself use the following options:
when i want to check something on sc forums, do something else or just want to minimize the game for whatever reason u can press the windows key, or use alt+tab.
Be sure though to do this only in regionalview. since there is no autosave, the cuty seems to freeze if you do this in mayorview.

if u want to use windowed mode because u want watch some video/tv while playing the only option is a dual monitor. play sc on one monitor and play the vid, web or something else on the other screen, it works fine.

hope this helps you!
Joost

[xF |:. MrDragon™ (Chicken Queen)]

-w -introff -CustomResolution:enabled -r1280x720x32

Use that in the launch options, works fine.

[Assax]

Nevermind, I've got it working.
Don't know why exactly though, it started working after I changed the resolution to lower than native.

[xF |:. MrDragon™ (Chicken Queen)]

That's because SimCity needs a set resolution from it's pre determined list to work in Window. Hence what I posted. Otherwise it'll auto fullscreen.

[秋山 「Akiyama」]

Originally posted by xF |:. Mr Dragon™:

That's because SimCity needs a set resolution from it's pre determined list to work in Window. Hence what I posted. Otherwise it'll auto fullscreen.

Unless you use -CustomResolution:enabled

[[Thivas]]

2 years later, thanks bro :D

[ℕ𝕦𝕜𝕒ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕒V2]

Originally posted by Chicken Queen™:

-w -introff -CustomResolution:enabled -r1280x720x32

Use that in the launch options, works fine.

Still works in 2018 btw

[pixelrage]

I've done a lot of testing on this because -w never made my SimCity 4 work in windowed mode. I found that the game just does not like resolutions of 1920x1080 or higher...so it has to be a lower number than that to work properly (i.e. 1600×900 is the highest I've tried where windowed mode worked with no problems)

I've also noticed that the Windows taskbar (I'm on Win 10) triggers issues with 1920x1080. If you hide the taskbar, the game adjusts itself to be in a window, but a good inch of it will still be off the bottom of the screen.

[victorelfo4]

Originally posted by Chicken Queen™:

-w -introff -CustomResolution:enabled -r1280x720x32

Use that in the launch options, works fine.

Thanks, works fine.

[MGB]

Originally posted by pixelrage:

I've done a lot of testing on this because -w never made my SimCity 4 work in windowed mode. I found that the game just does not like resolutions of 1920x1080 or higher...so it has to be a lower number than that to work properly (i.e. 1600×900 is the highest I've tried where windowed mode worked with no problems)

I've also noticed that the Windows taskbar (I'm on Win 10) triggers issues with 1920x1080. If you hide the taskbar, the game adjusts itself to be in a window, but a good inch of it will still be off the bottom of the screen.

Right, but we're getting into the how do you put 3l of water into a 2l bottle territory here. Windowed mode does work with SC4, but of course, the resolution used has to fit in the available space on the screen. So yes if you set it to the full resolution of your display, then that Window is not going to fit on the screen if you also have other items that need to fit into the space.

Asking any application to fit into a Window of the same size as your desktop resolution is pointless. If you really wanted it at that size, you should use fullscreen mode. Thus it's only logical for Windowed mode that you should be using a smaller resolution.

[CookiePuppy]

Originally posted by Chicken Queen™:

-w -introff -CustomResolution:enabled -r1280x720x32

Use that in the launch options, works fine.

Just to update, this still works as of 2019. But don't be an idiot like me and accidentally copy/paste the empty space after x32. haha

[Merc Fredis]

Thank you very much, no way I was gonna play this in fullscreen mode in 2019. Used the command line args to run at 1600x900 and it works great. Thanks so much.

[renecyberdoc]

i do it with these parameters - looks ok to me - -w -introff -CustomResolution:enabled -r1680x1050x32 - (my desktop has 1920x1080 ) i wanted to keep my desktop in my view for the temperatures (GPU/CPU etc),as for example the sims 3 started to overhead the hdd and the GPU.strange -i gave the sims3 back and asked a refund. - there are plenty of other games i can play.no need to press stress (lol)

[idkHo2plyTechmePlsty🔰]

-w -introff -CustomResolution:enabled -r1280x720x32

still works in may2023

[WhatWillTheNextDowndateBring?]

At least the other necromancer of the day had posted in the thread before, so wut da ♥♥♥ yo, at least thank xF |:. Mr Dragon™ or whoever if this is legit the first way you found that info.